Executive MBA in Green and Digital Transition

• Next start: WS 2026/27
• Online Kick-off: tbd
• Application deadline: tbd

• Completion: Executive Master of Business Administration in Green and Digital Transition (EMBA)
• Duration: 18 months (3 semesters)
• ECTS credit points: 75
• Language of instruction: English and German
• Participation fee:  EUR 24,900 (VAT free), these fees do not include travel, accommodation and catering costs
• Locations: TU Graz and online

Curriculum       Imagefolder

The part-time Executive MBA programme is modular in structure and combines distance learning with face-to-face teaching (blended learning).

Each module consists of three phases:

• Online phase: Self-directed learning using core literature, learning videos, and interaction via TU Graz’s “TeachCenter” platform. (1.5 ECTS)

• On-campus phase: Further development and application of knowledge through case studies and discussions. Attendance blocks take place at TU Graz every two to three months from Monday to Friday; alternatively, participation via video conferencing is possible. (1.5 ECTS)

• Transfer phase: Practical application of the acquired knowledge within the participant’s own company through concrete business-related tasks and challenges. (2 ECTS)

Required documents:

• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Proof of previously obtained academic degrees or proof of apprenticeship/training or school qualifications
• Employment references and certificates
• Letter of motivation
• Copy of passport or national identity card 
• Application form/Bewerbungsformular (in German only)

Please send all documents by email or post to:

TU Graz Life Long Learning
Stremayrgasse 16
8010 Graz

lifelong.learningnoSpam@tugraz.at

The requirement for admission to the university programme Executive MBA Green and Digital Transition is proof of the following qualifications:

• graduation from an internationally recognised bachelor’s or master’s degree programme in a technical, scientific, economic or legal degree programme (min. 180 ECTS) and 
• two years of qualified professional and leadership experience and 
• sufficient knowledge of English as the language of instruction

OUR FUNDING TIP:

• FFG: Skills Schecks 2026
• SFG: Weiterbilden mit Weitblick  

Please note: LLL cannot guarantee that funding will be granted. Please always contact the funding organisation directly.

Further tips on financing

The Executive MBA programme in Green and Digital Transtion is designed to address the key challenges of our time. 

Your benefits at a glance:

• Focus on future-oriented topics
  Work on current and emerging challenges in New Technologies, Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Climate Neutrality – in an interdisciplinary, university-level setting.
• Flexible blended learning
  Learn online, anytime and anywhere, and deepen your knowledge in on-campus phases through hands-on, real-world case studies.
• Research at first hand
  Benefit from cutting-edge scientific expertise from Graz University of Technology and its partners – directly translated from research into practice.
• Tailored & practice-oriented
  Choose topics relevant to your professional context and develop concrete solutions through transfer projects and your Master’s thesis.
• Strong network
  Connect with experts and participants from industry and academia – through exclusive events, dialogue formats and networking opportunities.

…you will be able to link the potential of digital technologies with environmental and social challenges.

Your competencies:

• You evaluate investments in new digital technologies and implement targeted measures for sustainability and decarbonisation.
• You understand key industrial decarbonisation technologies and can assess their techno-economic feasibility.
• You are familiar with models for integrating renewable energy sources and storage solutions and can apply them to concrete business projects.

Your added value:

• Strategic and operational leadership of organisations or business units in the twin transition
• Holistic, interconnected and methodologically sound decision-making and leadership capabilities
• Design of agile transformation towards greater resilience and sustainability

The lecturers are from the following institutes, research centres and cooperation partners:

Graz University of Technology

• Institute of General Management and Organisation
• Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology
• Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation
• Institute of Automotive Engineering
• Institute of Production Engineering
• Institute of Technical Informatics

Technical University of Leoben

• Chair of Energy Network Technology

Institute of General Management and Organisation
Kopernikusgasse 24/IV
8010 Graz
www.ufo.tugraz.at

Stefan Vorbach
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn.
phone: +43 316 873 7500
stefan.vorbachnoSpam@tugraz.at

Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology 
Inffeldgasse 25/C/III
8010 Graz
tugraz.at/institute/ceet

Viktor HACKER
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn.
phone: +43 316 873 8780
viktor.hackernoSpam@tugraz.at